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  <date date="2025-02-19T11:00:00+10:30" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Fifth Parliament, First Session (55-1)</sessionName>
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    <name>Question Time</name>
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      <name>SARDI Fish Deaths</name>
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        <heading>SARDI Fish Deaths</heading>
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      <talker role="member" id="6706" referenceid="c8683bcbb226495ebf16e224a5e3db3c" kind="question">
        <name>The Hon. N.J. CENTOFANTI</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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            <name>Leader of the Opposition</name>
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          <question date="2025-02-19T00:30:00+10:30">
            <name>SARDI Fish Deaths</name>
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        <startTime time="2025-02-19T14:30:43+10:30" />
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          <by role="member" id="6706" referenceid="c8683bcbb226495ebf16e224a5e3db3c">The Hon. N.J. CENTOFANTI (Leader of the Opposition) (14:30):</by>  I seek leave to make a brief explanation before asking a question of the Minister for Primary Industries about fish deaths at the SARDI site at West Beach.</text>
        <text id="20250219541ef59098614a5090000624">Leave granted.</text>
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        <name>The Hon. N.J. CENTOFANTI</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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            <name>Leader of the Opposition</name>
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          <by role="member" id="6706" referenceid="c8683bcbb226495ebf16e224a5e3db3c">The Hon. N.J. CENTOFANTI:</by>  The minister gave an answer to a question in this place on 6 February that confirmed that she was aware that there had been damage to one of the pipes in the saltwater intake to the SARDI facility at West Beach. She said, and I quote:</text>
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          <inserted>I have been made aware that there is potentially some damage to one of the pipes. That, of course, is part of the analysis of the situation at West Beach, and in terms of maintenance and so on, that is part of the ongoing approach that has been taken.</inserted>
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        <text continued="true" id="20250219541ef59098614a5090000627">My questions to the minister are:</text>
        <text id="20250219541ef59098614a5090000628">1.&amp;#x9;Can the minister explain to the chamber the nature of the damage to the inlet pipe?</text>
        <text id="20250219541ef59098614a5090000629">2.&amp;#x9;Can the minister explain to the chamber when the inlet structure was last assessed by the department as part of maintenance prior to the damage being detected by the private company?</text>
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      <talker role="member" id="5412" referenceid="f6f1a5ffd4774774bcc2b9675cc1d44d" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. C.M. SCRIVEN</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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            <name>Minister for Primary Industries and Regional Development</name>
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            <name>Minister for Forest Industries</name>
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        <startTime time="2025-02-19T14:31:50+10:30" />
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          <by role="member" id="5412" referenceid="f6f1a5ffd4774774bcc2b9675cc1d44d">The Hon. C.M. SCRIVEN (Minister for Primary Industries and Regional Development, Minister for Forest Industries) (14:31):</by>  I thank the honourable member for her question. I am happy to take it on notice and bring back a response.</text>
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        <name>The Hon. N.J. CENTOFANTI</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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            <name>Leader of the Opposition</name>
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          <by role="member" id="6706" referenceid="c8683bcbb226495ebf16e224a5e3db3c">The Hon. N.J. CENTOFANTI:</by>  Supplementary, Mr President.</text>
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        <name>The President</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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          <by role="office">The PRESIDENT:</by>  No.</text>
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        <name>The Hon. N.J. CENTOFANTI</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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            <name>Leader of the Opposition</name>
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          <by role="member" id="6706" referenceid="c8683bcbb226495ebf16e224a5e3db3c">The Hon. N.J. CENTOFANTI:</by>  Okay.</text>
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        <name>The President</name>
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          <by role="office">The PRESIDENT:</by>  The honourable Leader of the Opposition, your third question.</text>
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